Athletic supporter



W. F. JENKINS ATHLETIC SUPPORTER Dec, 118

Filed 001;. 23

Patented Dec. 118, i923 anes stares tenses earner caries.

WILLIAM l5. JENKINS, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 BAUER & BLACK, 01E CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

ATHLETIC SUPPORTEB.

Application filed October 28, 1922. Serial No. 596,263.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. JENKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Rochelle in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Athletic Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to prevent the band of an athletic supporter from sagging and slipping down at the front which lessens the efficiency of the device for-the purpose intended and permits the sack to V slip through the legs to an uncomfortable position. v

A furtherv object is to accomplish the desired results hereinbefore stated without embodying the invention; and

adding materially to the cost of manufacture or to the structure of the supporter.

In the accompanying drawings T have illustrated a selected embodiment of the invention and referring thereto- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a supporter Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the supporter comprises a waist band 5 and leg bands 6, 6, p

which are usually and preferably made of elastic webbing or equivalent material. The ends of the waist-band may be overlapped and sewed together at the front thereof and covered with a facing strip 7.

- The sack Sis attached at its upper edge to the front of the waist band adjacent the lower edge thereof, and is also attached by stitching or other suitable means at its lower end to the leg bands. The sack may be made of any suitable material but it prefer to make it of a knitted fabric which will stretch to the form of a sackadaptedlfor the purpose intended and I consider a. knitted fabric having alternate rib stitch sections 9 and plain stitch sections 10 =very satisfactory material.

lit has been the practice heretofore to sew the upper end of the sack to the waistband and cover it with a binding strip but experience has shown that supporters so constructed have a tendency to sagand slip down at the front in actual use, and especially when worn by stout men, with the result that the desired supporting effect is materially lessened and the supporter works into an uncomfortable position on the body and between the legs. I have found that this objectionable result can be avoided by employing an elastic binding strip 11 which is stitched to' the waist band over the edge of the sack whereby the sack and the elastic strip are secured to the waist band by the same stitching. It will be readily observed that if the binding strip is not elastic it will hold that part of the waist band to which it is attached rigidly and ren-.

front and stay in desired position. The

elastic bindin strip enables the waist band I to better con orm to the shape of the body of the wearer and enables the waist band to su port the pouch in'the manner intended.

.t is possible to Vary the detail construction somewhatas may be required to adapt it for supporters of different kinds and for other reasons and it will be understood that such changes may be made without departing from my invention provided they are within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

'1. An athletic supporter comprising an elastic waist band, a sack fastened at its upper edge to the waist band, leg bands fas: tened to the waist band and to the lower end of the sack, and an elastic binding strip for fastening the sack to the waist band, said binding .strip being extensible in the same directionasthe waistband. P

2. An athletic supporter comprising an elastic waist band, a sack, leg bands connected to the waist band and to the sack, and an elastic binding strip attached to the waist band over the upper edge of the sack to fasten-the sack and the strip to the waist band by the same stitching, said binding strip being extensible in the same direction as the waist band.

3. An athletic supporter comprising an elastic waist band, a laterally stretchable sack fastened at its upper edge to the front of the waist band, leg bands fastened to the wa st band and to the lowerend of the sack, and an elastic binding strip for fastening 10 the sack to the waist band, said binding being extensible in the same direction as the waistband.

WILLIAM F. JENKINS. 

